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April 2 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 4

All fixed commemorations below are observed on April 16 by Eastern Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For April 3rd, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on March 21.

Saints

  • Martyr Elpidephorus (3rd century)
  • Martyrs Dius, Bithonius, and Galycus (3rd century)
  • Martyrs Cassius, Philip, and Eutychius, of Thessaloniki (304) <small>(see also: April 16)</small>
  • Martyr Ulphianus of Tyre (306)
  • Virgin-martyr Theodosia of Tyre (308) <small>(see also: April 2)</small>
  • Martyrs Evagrius, Benignus, Chrestus, Arestus, Kinnudius, Rufus, Patricius, and Zosima, at Tomis in Moesia (c. 310)
  • Venerable Illyrius, monk of Mount Myrsinon in the Peloponnese.
  • Venerable Nicetas of Medikion (Nicetas the Confessor), Abbot of Medikion (824)
  • Venerable Joseph the Hymnographer, of Sicily (883) <small>(see also: April 4 - Russian)</small>

Pre-Schism Western saints

  • Saint Pancras of Taormina (Pancratius), born in Antioch, consecrated by the Apostle Peter and sent to Taormina in Sicily where he was stoned to death (c. 40)